Downtime: It happens to the best of us--no matter what tools we use. Many businesses faced serious challenges this week as Amazon’s AWS S3 Service went down. In instances like this, downtime can’t be avoided and comes with a real financial cost. But what about the rest of the time? Obviously, downtime is something to

2016 has been one for the books. Setting aside the obvious headlines that may come to mind, it’s also been a curious year for those of us in the business technology and customer experience space. If you scan the headlines you’ll notice a nearly constant stream of speculating on the future of almost every vendor